Two studies by a group of researchers at Washington Hospital Center highlight potential postoperative nutritional deficiencies among patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery to treat obesity. Research presented at the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology by Dr. Frederick Finelli and Dr. Timothy Koch suggests that a potentially serious condition can emerge after gastric bypass surgery known as small intestinal bacterial overgrowth that has an impact on absorption of vitamins, minerals and micronutrients such as calcium and zinc.

According to the Washington Hospital Center team, this is a serious issue with widespread implications as approximately 150,000 patients this year will have gastric bypass surgery, and there exists wide variation in surgical techniques. According to Dr. Koch, “patients may develop bacterial overgrowth that interferes with their ability to absorb nutrients, even if they are taking supplements as directed after surgery. Only a gastroenterologist can evaluate these potentially serious small intestinal disorders.”

Dr. Koch and his colleagues hypothesized that by altering the gut ecology, gastric bypass surgery could induce calcium deficiency.*

Everyone has to make her own decision as to the best way to reach and maintain a healthy weight, but this is just one more reason that convinces me that natural weight loss is best! Healthy diet and regular exercise will help your body attain its optimum state.

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Gastric Bypass Surgery Linked to Nutritional Deficiencies

The average British woman is twice as likely to have her womb removed as her tonsils. In the UK, almost 40,000 women undergo the operation each year…

And, apparently, Camilla, Duches of Cornwall, is the newest member of the hysterectomy club. (Other well-known women who’ve had hysterectomies include Eva Peron in 1951 and Roseanne Barr in 2003.)

Did you know those numbers were so high? I had no idea! I’ve met a few women in my life who had hysterectomies at various ages, and none of them regretted it. One shared that she worried before the procedure that she’d feel like less of a woman afterward, but the physical relief was so great and the emotional impact of no longer having problems with her womb so positive that she confessed to wishing she’d done it 10 years earlier instead of putting it off because of fear.

What do you think about hysterectomies? Does the procedure remove that which makes us women?

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“Assault on our womanhood”?